Since December 1991 Dr Ciolek has been
responsible for making the RSPAS' electronic research materials and
expertise available to the Internet community via ftp-, wais-,
gopher-, web- and email-based technologies. He is one of the world's
pioneers in electronic communication regarding the Asia-Pacific
region. He is most widely known as a designer and editor of an
electronic journal "Asian Studies WWW Monitor"
(http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html) (est. June 1994) and
of a number of online guides to the Internet, including the
influential Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library (est. March 1994)
(http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html).

Degrees:

MA Archaeology (Warsaw), 1970

MA Anthropology (Warsaw), 1970

PhD (ANU), 1978

GradDipComp (CCAE), 1983

Scholarships and Awards:

University of Warsaw Award for Excellence in Studies awarded during three consecutive years: 1967/68; 1968/69; 1969/70

Vice-Chancellor's Prize For Exemplary Completion of Studies (awarded for the M. A. in Anthropology), 1970

Polish Academy of Science offer of a Ph.D. Scholarship tenable at the P.A.S. Institute of Praxiology, Warsaw, 1972 (declined for personal reasons)

Sir Raymond Firth's Private Research Grant tenable at London School of Economics, Dept. of Anthropology, 1972-1973

Monash University, Melbourne, offer of a Ph.D. Scholarship tenable at Dept. of Anthropology 1973 (declined in favour of the ANU Ph.D. Scholarship)

The Australian National University Ph.D. Scholarship, 1973 - 1977

Nuffield Foundation Travelling Fellowship, Oxford, UK, 1978-1979

The Australian National University Visiting Fellowship, 1980

Université de Perpignan, France, Visiting Fellowship, 1992-1993

Positions Held:

1970 - 1971 Tutor in Social Anthropology, University of Warsaw (two semesters)

What's New in WWW Social Sciences online Newsletter (ISSN 1323-9376)
[Site established and maintained during the period Apr 1994 - Jun 1997, now under a
separate management.]
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/news.htm

Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library[Site established and maintained during the period June 1995 - May 1996, now under a
separate management.]
http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/wwwvl-pacific/index.html

Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library[Site established and maintained during the period March 1994 - June 1997, now under a
separate management.]
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/index.htm